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From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London (by arrangement with the Governors): The Seraglio

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Opera in three acts
English translation by Edward J. Dent
Music by Mozart
Cast in order of singing:
Sadler's Wells Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Marcus Dods )
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
(Leader, Walter Price)
Conductor, James Robertson
Producer, Clive Carey
The action takes place on the Turkish coast ia the Pasha Selim 's palace
Arthur Jacobs' 'Music Diary' —p. 5
Act 1
Outside the Pasha Selim 's palace
7.45 app. Interval
7.55 app. Act 2
The garden of the palace harem
8.55 app. Interval
9.5 Act 3
A terrace outside the harem overlooking the sea
During the intervals Christopher Pemberton reads from 'The Letters of Mozart and his Family,' translated by Emily Anderson

Contributors

English translation by:
Edward J. Dent
Chorus-Master:
Marcus Dods
Orchestra leader:
Walter Price
Conductor:
James Robertson
Producer:
Clive Carey
Reader (interval feature):
Christopher Pemberton
Translated By:
Emily Anderson
Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman:
Rowland Jones
Osmin, the Pasha's steward:
Stanley Clarkson
Pedrillo, Belmonte's servant, at present in the service of the Pasha:
Ereach Riley
Selim, a Turkish Pasha (spoken Part):
Gavin Gordon
Constanza, a Spanish lady. betrothed to Belmonte:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Blonda her English maid beloved of Pedrillo:
Marlon Studholme

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